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Gene editing. The need for research with human embryos to treat diseases according to the new Nobel Prize winner

We have published an article about The Second Summit of [...]

By |2020-11-12T12:37:28+01:00November 11th, 2020|Bioethics, BIOETHICS NEWS, Ethics of Scientific Research, Gene Therapy, Genetics and Genomics, NEWS and VIEWS|0 Comments
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Down people discrimination before birth in the UK

Down people discrimination, a sad feature of our developed societies. [...]

By |2020-10-21T13:28:25+02:00October 16th, 2020|Abortion, Bioethics, BIOETHICS NEWS, Genetics and Genomics, Human Disability, Human Rights, Mental heath, NEWS and VIEWS|0 Comments
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CRISPR: A patent jungles surrounding the ownership of the Cas9 system

The scientific merit of the gene-editing technique CRISPR pioneers (read [...]

By |2020-10-16T08:55:18+02:00October 16th, 2020|Bioethics, BIOETHICS NEWS, Ethics of Scientific Research, Genetics and Genomics, SPECIAL REPORTS|0 Comments
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Researchers who discovered CRISPR genome editing awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020

CRISPR genome editing discoverers Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier win [...]

By |2020-10-15T14:02:36+02:00October 15th, 2020|Bioethics, BIOETHICS NEWS, Genetics and Genomics, NEWS and VIEWS|0 Comments
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Genome editing as a reproductive option to avoid inherited diseases. Ethical concerns

It is well known that there are different options available [...]

By |2020-10-06T13:28:43+02:00October 6th, 2020|Assisted reproduction and IVF, Bioethics, BIOETHICS NEWS, Genetics and Genomics, NEWS and VIEWS|0 Comments
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Disparities in preterm prescriptions medication and treatments is an urgent issue to be resolved

Neonatal medicine faces a great challenge because of an important [...]

By |2020-10-06T13:43:40+02:00October 5th, 2020|Bioethics, BIOETHICS NEWS, Genetics and Genomics, Medical Deontology, NEWS and VIEWS|0 Comments
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IVF people claims for their right to know. DNA tests allow to know faher identity despite the law protect anonymity of gamete donor.

Thanks to DNA tests and the internet but mainly to [...]

By |2020-09-23T07:59:19+02:00September 22nd, 2020|Assisted reproduction and IVF, BIOETHICS NEWS, Genetics and Genomics, NEWS and VIEWS, Videos|0 Comments
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Ethical concerns in prenatal genetic tests (NIPT). Could they be used for discriminate before birth?

Non-invasive prenatal genetic testing NIPT is a method that uses [...]

By |2020-09-23T10:42:58+02:00September 20th, 2020|Designer Babies, Genetics and Genomics, Human Disability, Preimplantational genetic diagnosis, SPECIAL REPORTS|1 Comment
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A new era in genomics research. Whole genome sequencing of a human chromosome is obtained for the first time

Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part [...]

By |2020-09-18T07:50:23+02:00September 17th, 2020|Bioethics, BIOETHICS NEWS, Genetics and Genomics, NEWS and VIEWS|0 Comments
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The Poly-Parents revolution is coming. 3 or more parents’ babies are proposed as a common IVF practice

A recent article published in The New York Times (August [...]

By |2020-09-14T08:49:04+02:00September 12th, 2020|Assisted reproduction and IVF, BIOETHICS NEWS, Designer Babies, Ethics of Scientific Research, Genetics and Genomics, Marriage and Family, NEWS and VIEWS|0 Comments
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